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Royal Tern

Thalasseus maximus

Photo by JimBob
Published on Project Noah
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33.1959, -117.379

Field Notes

Description:

A very common and large tern.

Habitat:

Rivermouth and beaches.

Notes:

This guy put up a show for me.

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Comments (1)
CindyBinghamKeiser
Beautiful shot! Please consider adding your spottings to the Southern California Wildlife mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/7964554
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PublishedApril 1, 2014

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